College admissions in twenty-first-century America: The role of grades, tests, and games of chance

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Zwick, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 38949185301     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.77.4.u67n84589527t80v     Document Type: Conference Paper

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